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3.14 AVERAGE
3.14 AVERAGE
We read this book out loud over Spring Break one year on the beach. I thought it was over the top but still funny. It was a good book to have on vacation but don't think I would read it on my own.
challenging
had to read it but so not impressed! I have four boys and they better never act like this or I will die!
There were about 3 really hilarious parts in the book, and an equal number of really awful parts. Sure, a lot of it was bad, but these were just truly awful. One the worst was the goat and dog, I almost stopped reading the book after that, but decided to just skip the rest of that story and move on.
I guess the book sells and is entertaining because it's just truthful. I admit that I did enjoy the book as a whole. And I'm sure he knows this already, but my god he's just such a douchebag. This is just one guy that everyone should run away from, fast and far.
I guess the book sells and is entertaining because it's just truthful. I admit that I did enjoy the book as a whole. And I'm sure he knows this already, but my god he's just such a douchebag. This is just one guy that everyone should run away from, fast and far.
Parts of this book were very funny. Parts of it were horrible. Tucker Max is sort of a female Chelsea Handler, but a bigger jerk. I made it about 60% through. The stories of get drunk, be an idiot, hook up with girls, and repeat got old fast.
My inner feminist hates me for liking this book. Some of the women Max writes about are utterly stupid and slutty and deserve to be made fun of publicly.
Like the tagged review from NYT says - "entertaining but reprehensible."
So, yeah, this Tucker Max character is an asshat. There's no other way to put it. He's just the most disgusting, offensive, ridiculous excuse of a man.
But that's not why I didn't like this book.
Honestly, I thought that the premise of this particular book was solid -- hilarious, even. I just really despised the delivery.
1) The writing is poor quality. Like, high school blogger poor quality. The guy is obviously intelligent, obviously articulate, and obviously ambitious. So I just don't understand why he didn't write it as well as I know he could have. I've been assured this gets better with his subsequent books.
2) I understand that part of his appeal is his arrogant jackassery. But seriously, I got increasingly nauseated every time he wrote something like, "Seriously, everybody there thought I was the funniest thing EVER," or, "All the guys there told me I was their GOD," or "It's so hard being this hilarious all the time, and if you can't take an awesome joke, then screw you." We get it, Tucker. You think you're funny. And you are. But you're not THAT funny. Part of good writing means showing, not telling. You have plenty of material to SHOW us that you're hilarious. It only hurt your case to TELL us so over and over and over.
Those were my two main problems. The stories were humorous, and I liked the vignette setup. But that's all it had going for it.
But that's not why I didn't like this book.
Honestly, I thought that the premise of this particular book was solid -- hilarious, even. I just really despised the delivery.
1) The writing is poor quality. Like, high school blogger poor quality. The guy is obviously intelligent, obviously articulate, and obviously ambitious. So I just don't understand why he didn't write it as well as I know he could have. I've been assured this gets better with his subsequent books.
2) I understand that part of his appeal is his arrogant jackassery. But seriously, I got increasingly nauseated every time he wrote something like, "Seriously, everybody there thought I was the funniest thing EVER," or, "All the guys there told me I was their GOD," or "It's so hard being this hilarious all the time, and if you can't take an awesome joke, then screw you." We get it, Tucker. You think you're funny. And you are. But you're not THAT funny. Part of good writing means showing, not telling. You have plenty of material to SHOW us that you're hilarious. It only hurt your case to TELL us so over and over and over.
Those were my two main problems. The stories were humorous, and I liked the vignette setup. But that's all it had going for it.
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